'Downton' recap: Divorce & other terminations

2:49 PM,
Feb. 18, 2013

The gentleman and ladies visiting Biltmore House enjoyed the virtues of a country estate, including hunting and fishing.

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If you've ever savored a delicious, leisurely meal at a restaurant with friends, only to have an outrageous bill arrive, causing a flash of anger that obliterates all recent pleasures, you know how "Downton Abbey" fans felt in the final couple of minutes of Sunday's PBS season finale. (Yes, here there be spoilers.)

The cost for resolving three seasons' worth of troubles? The termination of the show's primary romance. Divorce by distracted driving.

As one character says during the show in another context, "I just can't see a happy ending." ...